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Bill Barr’s tenure as Attorney General has led to an unprecedented politicization of the #DOJ. I submitted multiple documents that outline his efforts to suppress constitutional rights & tip the scales of justice in favor of the President. #BarrHearing (1/8)
A Slate article entitled “Why Trump Chose Portland” which describes the racial history of the state and the Portland Police Bureau. (2/8) https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2020/07/portland-dhs-federal-police-history.html
A @NYTimes op-ed from Mary McCord who writes her words were twisted to justify the Department’s disingenuous position to drop charges against #MichaelFlynn after he already pled guilty. (3/8) https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/10/opinion/bill-barr-michael-flynn.html
A @WashingtonPost op-ed from Jonathan Kravis describing the political inference in the #RogerStone case and why he resigned from the #DOJ. (4/8) https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/05/11/i-left-justice-department-after-it-made-disastrous-mistake-it-just-happened-again/
A statement from 2689 former #DOJ officials calling for Attorney General Barr’s resignation because of his “assault on the rule of law” and condemning the commutation of #RogerStone. (5/8)
https://cohen.house.gov/sites/cohen.house.gov/files/DOJ%20Alumni%20Statement.pdf
https://cohen.house.gov/sites/cohen.house.gov/files/DOJ%20Alumni%20Statement.pdf
A letter from the #NewYork Bar urging Congress to “to commence formal inquiries into a pattern of conduct by Attorney General William P. Barr that threatens public confidence in the fair and impartial administration of justice.” (6/8)
https://cohen.house.gov/sites/cohen.house.gov/files/NY%20City%20Bar.pdf
https://cohen.house.gov/sites/cohen.house.gov/files/NY%20City%20Bar.pdf
A letter from 27 of the District of Columbia’s most prominent attorneys and law professors, including four past Presidents of the DC Bar, calling for an ethics investigation into Mr. Barr’s conduct. (7/8)
https://cohen.house.gov/sites/cohen.house.gov/files/DC%20Bar.pdf
https://cohen.house.gov/sites/cohen.house.gov/files/DC%20Bar.pdf
And a letter from over 80% of the faculty at @GWLaw, Mr. Barr’s alma matter, saying his actions have posed “a clear and present danger to the even-handed administration of justice, to civil liberties, and to the constitutional order.” (8/8)
https://cohen.house.gov/sites/cohen.house.gov/files/6-23%20GW%20Law%20faculty%20stmt%20on%20Barr.pdf
https://cohen.house.gov/sites/cohen.house.gov/files/6-23%20GW%20Law%20faculty%20stmt%20on%20Barr.pdf
